Bio

Mr. Nilsen has over 30 years of broad Investment Banking experience, during which he has initiated and closed more than 200 M&A, high yield, capital raising and other transactions. He started his career in M&A at American Can Corporation, where he became the youngest Corporate VP in this Fortune 100 company’s history. He next moved to Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, where he started up the firm’s M&A Business Development Group and later managed the Private Equity coverage group. He later became a founding partner at Sagent Advisors and the firm’s leading business producer. He has also been affiliated with several other firms involved in M&A, Leveraged Finance, Private Equity, and other banking activities. Mr. Nilsen received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.